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Day 1: Discovering the historic center of Gdansk
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Dluga Street, Dlugi Targ, and Neptune's Fountain - start your tour from he heart of Gdansk, the Main Town. It is here that you will find the Royal Route, which is a must-walk. Its beginning is the Upland Gate. It continues to run past the Przedbramy community, leading through the Golden Gate to the representative street of Gdansk - Dluga, which turns into one of the most beautiful squares in Europe - Dlugi Targ. From Dlugi Targ, through the Green Gate, it leads further towards the Zulawy Gate, where monarch's retinues disbanded on New Gardens Street. On Dlugi Targ we will see the Fountain of Neptune.
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St. Mary's Basilica (5 Podkramarska St.) Take a look at St. Mary's Church in Gdansk, or the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is said to be the largest brick building in the world. It took 159 years for the builders to create this temple. Take a walk down St. Mary's Street. Narrow, cobbled, atmospheric and perfectly reflecting the unique atmosphere and character of the old buildings of Gdansk. You will find numerous stores and stalls offering jewelry with amber.
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Museum of World War II, (Wladyslaw Bartoszewski Square 1 )-one of the best museums in Poland, offering a deep insight into wartime events. Spend at least 1.5-2 hours here. The World War II Museum is a narrative museum, where the visitor can explore the origins and consequences of the war, the victims and perpetrators, heroes and ordinary people. From the museum it is not far to Granary Island.
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Westerplatte-return to the Long Wharf. It is from here that cruises depart for Westerplatte, a battlefield recognized as a historical monument commemorating the heroic defense of the Gdansk peninsula against the Nazi attack in September 1939.
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Walk to Granary Island - Here you can stop by one of the many restaurants to have a delicious meal overlooking the Main City and the Motlawa River, of course.
Day 2: Gdansk close to freedom and nature
- European Solidarity Center-Built on the model of a ship, the building impresses not only from the outside, but also from the inside. An extraordinary museum and cultural center, it's a place where you can learn more about the Solidarity movement and the history of modern Poland. The ECS perpetuates the memory of our greatest civic success - the Solidarity victory. It serves as a museum commemorating the Solidarity revolution and the fall of communism in Europe, but also as an educational center, research and science center, archive, library and mediatheque. You can see interesting exhibitions there. You can find them near the train station
- Walking in Oliwa Park - a little further away, in the Oliwa district, a few kilometers away, is the famous Oliwa Park is located between Opata Jacka Rybińskiego Street, Grunwaldzka Avenue, Opacka Street, Cystersów Street. The park has an area of 11.3 hectares and, together with the Oliwa Cathedral, is a historic complex known nationally and internationally. In autumn it looks fabulous and mysterious.
- Sunset is the perfect time to go to Olivia Star! This glass skyscraper rises to a height of 180 meters making it one of the tallest buildings in Poland. Olivia Star has its own observation floor. From the 32 floors of this remarkable skyscraper, there is a beautiful panoramic view of the entire Tri-City and the Gdansk Bay.
A trip to the beach in Brzeźno
Brzeźno attracts tourists with its magnificent, exceptionally wide beach and proximity to various attractions. It is a place for active recreation, rich in bicycle paths, green areas and such amenities as volleyball courts, a water slide and a rope park. The beach in Brzeźno invites you to take autumn walks along the Gdansk Bay. They are exceptionally healthy and quite different from summer beachcombing worth checking out.
